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Americans
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Americans are citizens of the United States of America. The country is home to people of different national origins. As a result, Americans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, although citizens make up the majority of Americans, non-citizen residents, dual citizens, and expatriates may also claim an American identity. See Names for United States citizens. S, virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands in the 20th century. It also includes influences of African-American culture, westward expansion integrated the Creoles and Cajuns of Louisiana and the Hispanos of the Southwest and brought close contact with the culture of Mexico. Large-scale immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from Southern and Eastern Europe introduced a variety of elements, immigration from Asia, Africa, and Latin America has also had impact. A cultural melting pot, or pluralistic salad bowl, describes the way in which generations of Americans have celebrated and exchanged distinctive cultural characteristics, in addition to the United States, Americans and people of American descent can be found internationally. As many as seven million Americans are estimated to be living abroad, the United States of America is a diverse country, racially, and ethnically. Some other race is also an option in the census and other surveys, people of European descent, or White Americans, constitute the majority of the 308 million people living in the United States, with 72. 4% of the population in the 2010 United States Census. They are considered people who trace their ancestry to the peoples of Europe, the Middle East. Of those reporting to be White American,7,487,133 reported to be Multiracial, with largest combination being white, additionally, there are 29,184,290 White Hispanics or Latinos. Non-Hispanic Whites are the majority in 46 states, there are four minority-majority states, California, Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii. In addition, the District of Columbia has a non-white majority, the state with the highest percentage of non-Hispanic White Americans is Maine. The largest continental ancestral group of Americans are that of Europeans who have origins in any of the peoples of Europe. This includes people via African, North American, Caribbean, Central American or South American and Oceanian nations that have a large European diaspora, the Spanish were the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the United States. Martín de Argüelles born 1566, San Agustín, La Florida, was the first person of European descent born in what is now the United States. Twenty-one years later, Virginia Dare born 1587 Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina, was the first child born in the Thirteen Colonies to English parents. 8% of the total population, Hispanic or Latino Americans constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States. They form the second largest group after non-Hispanic Whites in the United States, hispanic/Latino Americans are very racially diverse, and as a result form an ethnic category, rather than a race

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North Africans in the United States
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North Africans in the United States are Americans with indigenous African ancestry from regions north of sub-Saharan Africa. This ethnic group includes Americans of Egyptian, Libyan, Tunisian, Moroccan and Algerian ancestry, persons of North African descent have been in the United States since the sixteenth century. Currently, the North African population in the United States exceeds 800,000 people and its largest populations are found in the eastern United States. North Africans in the U. S. can be of Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Libyan, Egyptians, Sahrawi, Mauritanian and northern Sudanese origin. Although according to the 2000 census there were 3,217 North Africans in the country, as of 2008, there were over 800,000 North Africans in the United States hailing from North Africas the various native ethnics groups. North Africans are Caucasian people with origins from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, the first centuries of a North African presence in the U. S. is related to the Spanish colonial period in the Southern part of the present-day United States. Moroccan presence in the United States was rare until the mid-twentieth century, only Azemmouri and three of his comrades survived during the eleven-year- long of journey, of 5,000 mile, from Florida to the West Coast, ending the tour in Texas. He was also the first explorer who entered an Indian village, later, in 1566, forty years before Jamestown, the Spanish founded the colony of Santa Elena, la Florida. The colony grew for over twenty years until it was invaded by the British in 1587, many of the Santa Elena colonists were Moriscos and Jews. e. Less than a year before the climax of the Inquisition against Muslims, when Santa Elena fell, its inhabitants-including the converted Jews and Muslims-escaped into the mountains of North Carolina. And there survived, often marrying Native American, and then joining a group that came to American shores, ironically in 1587. However, until the half of the 20th century, most of the North African people who emigrated to the United States came, actually, from the Canary Islands. They came to some the Spanish colonies of South from United States with the objective to found, in 1539, Hernando de Soto recruited some expeditionaries in this archipelago to explore La Florida, and in 1569 embarked another group of Canarian farmers with this destination. During the 18th century other groups of Canarian people arrived to the present United States, thus, more than 3,000 canaries emigrated to the Spanish colonies in North America during the 18th century. The continental North Africans have emigrated to United States in significant numbers only since the 1960s, until this time, very few continental North Africans arrived to United States, numbering less than 100 people in the first half of the 19th century. Many of the North African emigrants during the first half of the 20th century were Jews, many Moroccans, Algerians and Tunisians began to arrive significantly in the 1970s. Sudanese did not start arriving in significant numbers until the 1980s, most North Africans emigrate due to economic, religious, educational, or political reasons. North Africans in the United States include Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Libyan, Mauritanian, Egyptian, the largest such communities live in New Jersey, New York, California, Washington DC and Texas

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Canarian Americans
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Canarian Americans are Americans with ancestry that can be traced back to settlers from the Canary Islands of Spain who have emigrated since the 16th century to the present-day United States. Most of them are descendants of settlers who emigrated to Spanish colonies in the Americas during the 18th century. The Canarians were among the first settlers of the modern United States, the first Canarians migrated to modern Florida in 1569, Canarian Americans today consist of several communities, formed by thousands of people. Those in San Antonio and in Louisiana are mostly of Canarian settler descent and their ancestors arrived in what is now the United States in the 18th century, while the Canarian community in Miami is made up of recent emigrants and their children. These communities are distinct within the American population, having preserved much of the culture of their ancestors to present times. Most Canarian Americans now speak only English, although some Canarian communities that speak different dialects of the Spanish language are extant in Louisiana. Canarian emigration to North America started in the 16th century, when Spain had several colonies stretching around the Gulf of Mexico. The first Canarians arrived in the region as early as 1539, between 1731 and 1783, many Canarian families emigrated to the southern colonies, establishing their own communities there. In 1731,16 Canarian families were sent to San Antonio, Texas, after arriving at Veracruz, they were forced to cross overland on foot to Texas, led by the Canarian Juan Leal Goraz, who eventually would become the first mayor of San Antonio. This community had confrontations with the resident Catholic monks of the area over property rights, between 1718 and 1734, Florida was governed by Lt. Florida was returned to Spain in 1783. When Florida was ceded to the United States in 1819, however, most of the new settlers also emigrated to Cuba, as happened in 1763, in Louisiana, the settlers eventually consolidated into three communities, St. Bernard Parish, Valenzuela, and Barataria. Other places in the southern United States had Canarian settlers during the Spanish period, a few communities were founded by Canary Island colonists in Southern California and there are records of Canary Islanders colonists and their descendants living in New Mexico in the 19th century. Many Canarians live in the United States temporarily as migrant workers, the city of Miami, Florida has a Canarian community of recent immigrants. There are also Canarians living in Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Washington D. C. Canarian culture in San Antonio and Louisiana has been preserved up to the present day, although not in Florida. The majority of them descended from Canarian settlers who arrived in Louisiana between 1778 and 1783, according to Samuel G. Armistead, there are four small areas of the state where the Spanish language has been spoken since the 18th century, now in three different dialects. The main Isleño community in Louisiana is in St. Bernard Parish, recorded interviews have been conducted in these communities with the elderly residents, who still speak their dialect of the Spanish language on video and DVD. They are kept in the Museo Canario in Saint Bernard to prevent the language, before the arrival of the Canarian settlers in 1730, the San Pedro channel was built for the exclusive use of the Canary Island colonists. It was called the acequia madre, the ditch that crossed the city

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Ethiopian Americans
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Ethiopian Americans are Americans of Ethiopian descent as well as individuals of American and Ethiopian ancestry. In 1919, an official Ethiopian goodwill mission was sent to the United States to congratulate the Allied powers on their victory during the First World War, after his official coronation, Emperor Haile Selassie sent forth the first wave of Ethiopian students to continue their education abroad. Almost a dozen Ethiopian students likewise went to the United States, three other students, Melaku Beyen, Besha Worrid Hapte Wold and Worku Gobena, went to Muskingum, a missionary college in Ohio, two of them later transferring to Ohio State University. Melaku Beyan, who was one of the two who attended Ohio State, later received his degree at Howard Medical School in Washington. Overall approximately 20,000 Ethiopians moved to the West to achieve higher education, the majority of Ethiopian immigrants arrived later in the 1990s, following the Eritrean–Ethiopian War. Immigration to the U. S. from Ethiopia during this 1992-2002 period averaged around 5,000 individuals per year, since the 1990s, around 1000 Ethiopian Jewish Israelis have settled in the US, with around half of the Ethiopian Israeli community living in New York. Ethiopian Americans have since established ethnic enclaves in various places around the country, particularly in the Washington D. C. according to the U. S. Census Bureau, approximately 68,001 people reported Ethiopian ancestry in 2000. Between 2007 and 2011, there were approximately 151,515 Ethiopia-born residents in the United States, according to Aaron Matteo Terrazas, if the descendants of Ethiopian-born migrants are included, the estimates range upwards of 460,000 in the United States. Unofficial estimates suggest that the Washington, DC area has an Ethiopian population of 150,000 to 250,000, many Ethiopian Americans are followers of Abrahamic religions, particularly Christianity and Islam. Of these, the majority of Christians belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and it is the largest Christian denomination in Ethiopia. Most Muslim Ethiopian expatriates adhere to the Sunni school, other Ethiopian immigrants follow the Pentay denomination and Judaism. There has been a religious revival among Ethiopian Americans, especially in the Orthodox sect. Church attendance in America has also increased relative to that in Ethiopia, and they also act as networks and support systems crucial to the well-being of both recent immigrants from Ethiopia and more established Ethiopian residents. Ethiopian churches in the US are gathering places for the Ethiopian community, where Ethiopian expatriates come together to pray, socialize, stay in touch, through public performances, these traditions are shown to communities of outsiders who are interested in Ethiopian music and dance within an American context. Such folkloric performances, often based in religion, feature sacred songs performed in various languages of Ethiopia, with instrumental accompaniments, by far, the largest concentration of Ethiopians in the United States are found in Washington, D. C. and the local metro area. Some conservative estimates put the number at around 75,000 residents, the Ethiopian Community Center was opened in 1980 to serve the areas Ethiopian residents. Ethiopian businessmen have also helped revitalize the Shaw and U Street vicinities, although they mainly live in other parts of the capital, these entrepreneurs purchased old residential property, which they then renovated and converted into new office spaces, restaurants and cafes. Additionally, Ethiopian businessmen in the District of Columbia own various parking garages, taxi firms, social establishments, grocery stores, New York City has one of the larger concentration of Ethiopians in the United States

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Zimbabwean Americans
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Zimbabwean Americans are Americans of full or partial Zimbabwean ancestry. The Zimbabwean communities are localized, between other places, in California and Texas, the first great wave of immigration from Zimbabwe took place during and after the Rhodesian Bush War in the 1970s, a time when many white families emigrated due to political and economic conditions. Still after of Zimbabwe independence, these immigrants considered themselves as Rhodesians, after arriving in the United States, the majority of Zimbabweans emigrated to southern regions, settling in regions with South African communities. In the 1980s, a group of people from Zimbabwe came to the United States. This emigration of students was increased in the 1990s and included white and black people. Due to their limited and extremely competitive university system, many Zimbabwean students emigrated to countries seeking educational opportunities, especially in business. Thus, the majority of Zimbabweans who migrate to the United States are students, in 2014 the Zimbabwean population in the U. S. was noted as one of a strong skilled and non-skilled diaspora population that is also focused in South Africa, the UK and Australia. Thus, Zimbabweans in the U. S. make up just a part of the Zimbabwean diaspora compared to the larger communities in South Africa. There are various conflicting unofficial figures about the number of Zimbabweans in the U. S, the RAND Corporation estimated in 2000 that there were 100,000 in the state of New York alone. In contrast, a 2008 estimate from the Association of Zimbabweans Based Abroad put the population of Zimbabweans in the whole U. S. at just 45,000. There is a community of Zimbabweans in Chicago, perhaps 80 to 100 people. Other cities with Zimbabwean communities include Washington, D. C, New York City, Indianapolis, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Detroit. Due to the success of the Zimbabwean living in Chicago to create organizations. Other Zimbabwean association is the Zimbabwe-United States of America Alumni, Zimbabwean diaspora Southern Africans in the United States Zimbabwean Australians

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Cameroonian Americans
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Cameroonian American are Americans of Cameroonian descent. According to the census of 2010, in the United States there were 16,894 Americans of Cameroonian origin, many people from present-day Cameroon arrived in the United States as slaves during the antebellum period. Consequently, many African Americans today have discovered through DNA analysis that they are mainly or at least partly descended from Cameroonian slaves, the American DNA Company discovered that many of the 6,000 African Americans whose DNA they analyzed had at least one ancestor from current-day Cameroon. In addition, according to the 2007-2011 American Community Survey there are 33,181 Cameroonian-born people living in the United States, punch arrived in Virginia in about 1640. Hen is also considered, by some genealogists and historians, like the author of the article the first African documented to be enslaved for life in what would become the United States. As the first documented servant, African or European, to be relegated to the status of slave for life and they came from the people Batagan, Bassa, and Bulu. So, most of the carried out of the River and from Bimbia in those years, were from Tikari, Douala-Bimbia, Banyangi. In addition Virginia and South Carolina accounted for 34% of the Africans arriving from Bight of Biafra, Virginia and South Carolina together held 30,000 slaves, hailing from the Bight. These colonies were followed mainly by, Maryland, normally, the slaves from current Cameroon were bought cheap, because these slaves preferred to die rather than accept slavery. The first Cameroonians who voluntarily arrived in the US immigrated to country in the 1960s. During the 1990s many other Cameroonians immigrated as refugees, fleeing political turmoil. To avoid imprisonment, torture and political repression, many decided to emigrate. Most Cameroonian immigrants who arrived in the United States were licensed professionals since they were the ones most likely to obtain visas and it is easier for licensed professionals to obtain visas than any other group in Cameroon. Many of them had criticized the government, making them vulnerable to political repression. Thus, the majority of Cameroonians who settled permanently in the United States were doctors, engineers, nurses, pharmacists, there are also many Cameroonians who are blue collar workers. According to the census of 2010, in the United States there 16,894 Americans of Cameroonian origin, in addition, according to the 2007-2011 American Community Survey there are 33,181 Cameroonian-born living in the United States. The Cameroonian immigrants have communities in such as Illinois, Southern California, Houston. The Cameroonian community of Pittsburgh is considered to be one of the better organized African communities in this city, Cameroonians have been active in activism movements in the United States

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Beninese Americans
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Beninese American are Americans of Beninese descent. According to the census of 2000, in the United States there are only 605 Americans of Beninese origin and it is also important to note that they were slaves from modern Benin, who planted voodoo in Louisiana. Currently, there Beninese communities in such as Chicago or Washington D. C. The first people from present-day Benin who came to United States were slaves, most of the slaves of Bight of Benin that hailed from Benin itself were imported to South Carolina, Virginia, Gulf Coast and Florida. The top three picked up a few thousand slaves of this Straits, Many of those slaves were imported to Louisiana and Alabama, both belonging to the Gulf Coast. It was in Louisiana where her presence was notable, indeed, between 1719 and 1731, most of the slaves who came to that place came directly from Benin. They were especially Fon, but many also were of ethnics such as Nago -, Ewe. Many of the slaves imported to the modern United States since Benin were sold by the King of Dahomey, however, not all the slaves sold in day-present Benin were of there, Many were of other places, but were captured by Dahomeyan warriors. The native slaves from current Benin came from places as Porto-Novo, from where were brought to the port of Ouidah and this place brought many slaves to the present United States. The slaves brought with them their cultural practices, languages, and religious beliefs rooted in spirit and ancestor worship, also Haitians, who migrated Louisiana since the late nineteenth century and also contributed to Voodoo of this state, have the Beninese origin as one of its main origins. However, in the 1980s, some Beninese began migrating to New York, attracted by educational and employment opportunities found in this state. The Benineses who arrived to New York for live there, worked usually in the manufacture or sale of African clothing and hairbraiding, however, it was not until the 90s when the Beninese population grew significantly in the United States compared to previous Beninese immigration in this country. It was from this decade when the Beninese began to feel attracted to Chicago and other cities, encouraging the emigration of families. As in New York, many Beninese women also worked in hairbraiding elsewhere in the United States. In the late 1990s many other Beninese people from Benin and Europe immigrated to United States in one wave, pursuing also better working conditions and study. Currently, there Beninese communities in such as Chicago or Washington D. C. So, great Beninese communities exist in Chicago, where, according to Bobby Dagnon, president of the Association of Beninese of Illinois, most Beninese who migrate to the United States do so seeking better educational and employment opportunities. Now, many U. S. Beninese immigrants work more than 80 hours a week with the aim, in addition to earn money to survive

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Senegalese Americans
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Senegalese Americans are Americans of Senegalese descent. In the surveys of 2008,12,151 people claimed to be of Senegalese origin or descent in the United States, however, many African slaves exported to the United States were also of Senegalese origin. Thus many African Americans may also have ancestors of this country. The first people from present-day Senegal arrived in the modern United States arrived as slaves from several ports of Senegal. The Senegambia area was an important slave trade during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, most of the slaves who came specifically from present-day Senegal were imported to the modern United States mainly from the Saint-Louis port, as well as from Goree Island. Since these ports, they are purchased and exported to the Americas, however, most of the Senegal´s slaves practiced the Islamic religion. On the other hand, during their stay in the modern United States, in the revolt, the slaves killed one crew member and wounded several others. On this day the revolt was suppressed through the murder of seven of them, most of Senegal´s slaves were imported to South Carolina, Georgia and the Gulf Coast, followed mainly by Virginia and Maryland. These places had thousands of slaves from day-present Senegal, being a significant minory in the population of there. In the twentieth century voluntary Senegalese emigration to the United States rose again, most immigrants settled in Manhattan, New York City. Many of them, soon resettled, emigrating to Chicago and other areas, in 1970 arrived groups of students, employees and Senegalese street vendors to United States. These immigrants, in places as the aforementioned Chicago, often were traders, however many of Senegalese living in United States also have high professions, such as engineering and accounting. Currently, the Senegalese population in United States is very diverse, also there Senegalese Christians, animists and who still practice their African beliefs. The Senegalese tend to speak a variety of languages and they speak native languages to Senegal, specially the Wolof, but also French and English. Senegalese traders in places like Chicago have specialized in African art, however, they also trade in counterfeit goods of designer such as shirts and handbags of Korean and Indian traders. They send their remittances to their families still living in Senegal. They form the majority group in a area of Harlem. However, the majority of Senegalese of this neighborhood grew up poor in villages in Senegal

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Somali Americans
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Somali Americans are Americans of Somali ancestry. The first ethnic Somalis to arrive in the U. S. were sailors who came in the 1920s and they were followed by students pursuing higher studies in the 1960s and 1970s, by the late 1970s through the late 1980s and early 1990s more Somalis arrived. However, it was not until the mid and late 1990s when the war in Somalia broke out that the majority of Somalis arrived in the United States. The Somali community in the U. S. is now among the largest in the Somali diaspora, the earliest ethnic Somali immigrants to the United States were sailors who arrived in the 1920s, mainly from northern Somalia. Eventually acquiring American citizenship, they participated in the Somali independence movement. For their substantial contributions to Somali society, these early Somali expatriates were rewarded with medals by the Somali government, following independence in 1960, Somali students began arriving in the US to pursue higher studies while living with relatives or on scholarships. Many of the returned to Somalia after graduation and went on to play an important role in the development of their nation. During the 1980s, a number of Somalis settled in the United States. A large number of the Somali immigrants settled in Minnesota, which in 2002 harbored the largest population of Somalis in North America, by 2006, Somalis in the state accounted for $164–$394 million in purchasing power and owned 600 businesses. The city of Minneapolis in particular hundreds of Somali-owned and operated commercial ventures. Somalis in the United States often send resources to their families abroad. Following a greatly improved security situation in Somalia in 2012, many Somali U. S. residents have begun returning to Mogadishu. However, according to officials, fewer expatriates were joining the groups ranks by late 2013. Most of the returnees have instead repatriated for investment opportunities and to part in the ongoing post-conflict reconstruction process in Somalia. Current estimates of the number of Somali immigrants living in the United States vary widely,2010 American Community Survey data indicates that there are approximately 85,700 people with Somali ancestry in the US. Of those, around 25,000 or one third live in Minnesota,21,000 of the latter were born in Somalia, according to the Arab American Institute, Somalis are among the larger Arab American populations in the country. Most Somalia-born people in the United States live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area, in 2014, the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution marking July 1 as Somali American Day. The event commemorates the Independence Day of Somalia, which is celebrated on the same day

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Gambian Americans
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Gambian Americans are Americans of Gambian descent. 3,035 Americans reported Gambian ancestry in the 2000 census, during the Atlantic slave trade, many Africans from what is now Gambia were sold as slaves in the United States. Gambian immigrants include members of groups such as the Mandinka. Gambian communities exist in Chicago and Washington, DC, most Gambians living in the United States are Muslim or Christian. The first people from what is now Gambia arrived to the United States as slaves during the Atlantic slave trade, in 1588, the claimant to the Portuguese throne, António, Prior of Crato, sold exclusive trade rights on the Gambia River to English merchants. Letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I confirmed the grant, so, the Gambia, since the sixteenth to nineteenth century, was an important slave port in Senegambia area, both for the United States and Latin America. Therefore an important part of the slaves were, among others, slaves from present-day Gambia imported to the modern USA belonged to ethnics such as the Mandinka and Bambara people. So many slaves of present-day Gambia were Muslims, on the other hand, it should be noted also that slaves from Senegambia staged some prominent revolts in the current United States. In the revolt, the slaves killed one member and wounded several others. On this day their revolt was suppressed by killing seven of them, most of slaves from Gambia were imported to South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Georgia. In the rest of the states having Gambian slaves, they were very scarce, while it is known that all slaves exported to New Jersey and all Senegambian slaves which were exported to Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania were from the Gambia. So well, like most of the slaves of Senegambia arrived in Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and South Carolina. So, famous is the case of the slave, supposedly native from present Gambia, Kunta Kinte, thank to a written by Alex Haley and based, partially. The Gambians have emigrated to the United States of voluntary form, as a minimum, many of them migrated to Chicago. Many Gambians have emigrated to the United States with the goal of entering higher education to which they have no access to your country, also many of this students returned home after completing his studies, excelling in politics and business. Many Gambians who have set the United States as a permanent residence, have attracted friends, Gambians of United States exert jobs such as accounting, education, medicine and the hotel management. Some of the Gambian organizations more highlights in United States are, The Gambian American Association, United Gambians Association, the Gambian American Association was established in Washington DC Metropolitan Area. The association has held such as anniversary of Gambias independence

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Ugandan Americans
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Ugandan Americans are Americans of Ugandan descent. The survey of 2014 counted 20,248 Ugandan Americans in United States, immigration records from 1975 show the arrival of 859 immigrants from Uganda, most fleeing Idi Amins regime. These immigrants were primarily of Indian descent, Indians who have lived in Uganda for generations, in 1976,359 Ugandans arrived, and 241 came in 1977. Also in these years, many Ugandans emigrated for further studies, however, Ugandan immigration fell to less than 150 each year in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a time of political stability in Uganda. Although the reasons as to why people migrate have evolved, more recently, to the political economy, only ten Ugandan refugees were admitted in 1996. In 1998,215 Ugandans were winners of the DV-99 diversity lottery, most Ugandans who emigrate go to the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. The reasons for migration is based on the low economic remuneration for workers in Uganda, also, many Ugandans immigrated for chasing better educational opportunities. For other way, although many Ugandans who emigrate to United States are people of Ugandan origin, in the US census, these people are counted in a separate category from Ugandans. Most people migrating come from cities, so that rural emigration is low, Ugandans who want to work in rural areas or in public practice do not usually migrate. Many Ugandans in United States are medical, legal, computer scientists, workers or engage in civil service, many Ugandan nurses migrate to the United States and Canada, and formerly migrated to the UK, due to high rates of pay. Due to emigration for financial benefit there are few nurses in Uganda, the U. S. is perceived to have better pay and less competition to enter the country. Most students who learned about opportunities for the emigration of their friends and colleagues who had already emigrated, because information on migration in Uganda. Immigrants with professional employment are geographically scattered, though significant communities have developed in metropolitan areas. Some newly arrived Ugandans receive assistance from Catholic Social Services and other relief agencies. Because English is Ugandas official language, many Ugandan Americans do not face significant language barriers, refugees who lived in rural areas, however, find American culture is very different from what they left behind. American life poses challenges for those who have not seen escalators, refrigerators, traffic lights, recent statistics indicate that these Ugandans have become the countrys biggest contributors to the economy, amounting to US$1 billion in annual remittances. North America has become home to many Ugandans, the Ugandans accomplished the goals that brought them to the US or Canada. This has prompted them to forge solidities, associations, clubs and brotherhood to foster unity, the solidarities are based on cultural/ethnic backgrounds, with UNAA as the umbrella association that houses all Ugandans regardless their background, creed, tribe and/or social status